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2018 Clean Energy Industry Report

October 25, 2018

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Report Overview

• Measures, characterizes, and analyzes

clean energy industry jobs and investments in New York State

• Builds on baseline of last year’s report
• Source of insights into how New York’s push

toward ambitious climate goals is creating jobs and economic opportunity

• Indicates different patterns of job growth

and investment across five clean energy technology categories

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Employment by Technology Category

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Employment Overview

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Overview of Findings

Over 151,000 Jobs: The clean energy sector

now employs more workers than the thriving biotech and agriculture industries combined

Job Growth: New York’s clean energy economy

continues to see stronger job growth than the State’s economy overall

• Clean energy employment grew by 3.9%

from 2016 to 2017

• Overall NY employment grew 1.7% in that time

Energy Efficiency Is Key: Of the five clean

energy technology categories, this one continues to be the largest in terms of jobs and investment

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Technology - Highlights

Energy Efficiency: Largest number of jobs by technology category; work includes installing, manufacturing, and selling energy efficiency technologies like high-efficiency HVAC and LED lighting systems Renewable Energy: Growth in the number of workers who spend a “majority of their time” and “all of their time” working on renewables projects: from 77.3% to 81.8% for the former and 74.0% to 77.8% for the latter Grid Modernization and Storage: Tremendous job growth in 2017 (12.6%) and high expected growth through 2018 as well (8%). Employer expectations are consistent with climbing levels of investment in the demonstration and commercialization of these technologies

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By REDC, the highest concentrations of clean energy workers are located in:

• Capital Region
• Long Island
• New York City
• Western New York
• Mid-Hudson

Clean Energy Employment by REDC

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Clean Energy Employment by County

The counties with the highest concentrations of clean energy workers, in rank order, are:

• New York
• Warren
• Hamilton
• Albany

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Clean Energy Funding

• New York’s clean energy

economy has attracted $8.4B

• f funding via 2,245 deals

between 2011 and 2017.

• The breakdown within that

total is:

• Energy efficiency, $4.1B
• Renewables, $3.6B
• Grid modernization, $406M
• Renewable fuels, $85M
• Alternative transport, $155M

Funding 2011-2017 by Technology Category

Grid Modernization & Energy Storage, 5% Renewables, 46% Energy Efficiency, 49% Alternative Transport, 2% Renewable Fuels, 1%

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Workforce Needs: Hiring

Reasons for Hiring Difficulty Reported by Employers

• Employers see plenty of

applicants, but often not with desired qualifications

• The occupations that

employers find hardest to hire for are:

• Technicians
• Sales, marketing, and

customer service staff

• Engineers

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• $27.5 million available to support clean energy training and hiring clean energy workers

and interns.

• NYSERDA is hosting a webinar about these new funding opportunities: November 7, 2018,

9:30 – 11:00 a.m. Click here for more information and to register: https://bit.ly/2OOQhPm.

• Three NYSERDA solicitations:
• Energy Efficiency & Clean Technology Training

(PON 3981; $7M)

• Energy Efficiency & Clean Technology On-the-Job Training

(PON 3982; $10M)

• Clean Energy Internship Program

(PON 4000; $10.5M)

NYSERDA Funding Opportunities

to Support Clean Energy Worker Hiring and Training

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Next Steps

• Clean Energy Industry Report for 2019 is in development, and will cover

the 2018 calendar year

• The third year of the study will more closely examine:
• Patterns of compensation
• Regional “hot spots” for investment and growth
• Benchmark industries in New York State to which clean energy can be compared

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Thanks for your attention

Justin Gundlach, justin.gundlach@nyserda.ny.gov Adele Ferranti, adele.ferranti@nyserda.ny.gov

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What is a Clean Energy Job?

All employees from qualifying clean energy firms that spend any portion of their time supporting clean energy products and services through:

• Research
• Development
• Production
• Manufacturing
• Distribution
• Installation

* Employment totals in this 2018 Clean Energy Industry Report should not be equated to full-time equivalents.

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Workforce Funding Opportunities

• Energy Efficiency & Clean T

echnology Training (PON 3981; $7M)

• Energy Efficiency & Clean T

echnology On-the-Job Training (PON 3982; $10M)

• Clean Energy Internship Program

(PON 4000; $10.5M)

* Due dates after December 2018 are dependent upon funding availability as determined by demand.

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Energy Efficiency & Clean Technology Training (PON 3981)

• $7,000,000 Available
• Proposals Due*: December 13, 2018, March 13, 2019; May 23, 2019; August 6, 2019, October 22, 2019;

January 23, 2020

• Projects funded through this PON are intended to develop and deliver training, provide hands-on experience

and job placement assistance to ensure that new and existing clean energy workers have the skills businesses need

• Training activities eligible for funding include: developing, modifying or implementing curriculum; delivering

training (on-line, classroom, on-site, etc.); equipment purchase for hands-on training; hiring and training trainers; marketing; internships; job placement services; pre-apprenticeships; and apprenticeships

• Proposers can include unions, colleges and universities, manufacturers, distributors, trade associations,

community-based organizations, technical high schools, training and job placement intermediaries, etc.

• Maximum proposal $250,000, 30% cost share required

* Due dates after December 2018 are dependent upon funding availability as determined by demand.

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Energy Efficiency & Clean Technology On-the-Job Training (PON 3982)

• $10 million available to eligible businesses on a first-come, first-served basis
• Funding for businesses to hire and provide on-the-job training (OJT) for workers for energy efficiency and

clean technology jobs in these areas: high efficiency heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC); renewable heating and cooling; high efficiency water heating; insulation and air sealing; high efficiency lighting and controls; building automation and controls; smart grid; energy storage; and related areas

• Businesses with 100 employees or less, NYSERDA will pay 50% of a new employee’s hourly wage for

16 weeks. Incentives cover 50% of the wage for 24 weeks if a business hires a worker from a priority* population

• Businesses with over 100 employees, NYSERDA will only pay incentives for workers from the priority

populations: 50% a new employee’s hourly wage for 24 weeks, if the employee is a disadvantaged worker

• The maximum OJT award amount for a business is $100,000

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* Priority Populations include veterans, disabled workers, low-income individuals, formerly incarcerated, Native Americans, dislocated power plant workers, and 18-24 year-old trainees in energy related job preparation programs.

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Clean Energy Internship Program (PON 4000)

• $10.5 million available over the next six years to eligible businesses on a first-come, first-served basis;

approximately $1.75 million reserved annually through 2024

• The Clean Energy Internship Program seeks to enhance the talent pipeline for energy efficiency and

clean technology businesses by reimbursing employers who offer paid internship opportunities to college students or 18- to 24-year-olds that have completed or are enrolled in technical high schools, energy training or certificate programs

• NYSERDA will reimburse interns’ salaries based on the size of the business:
• For businesses with 20 or fewer employees, reimbursement of 90% of intern wages
• 21 to 100 employees, reimbursement of 75% of intern wages
• 100 or more employees, reimbursement of 50% of intern wages
• Internships will last a maximum of 12 weeks - in fall or spring, students can work a maximum of

18 hours per week; in summer, the maximum is 40 hours per week

• Intern wages that will be reimbursed can range from minimum wage up to $2 above minimum wage;

business can apply for a maximum of five interns per session and a maximum of 12 interns over the course of the program

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